In a Business Know-How article, Judith E. Pearson, PhD, a licensed psychotherapist and a freelance writer, discusses strategies for delegating responsibilities to build and maintain a team as well as streamline a manager's work and save time.
Practice Management
In a SmartBlog on Leadership article, Dan McCarthy, director of executive development programs at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, lays out recruiting tips for hiring the right employees.
Most physicians work between 51 and 60 hours a week, according to "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives," released by The Physicians Foundation.
According to a Medscape report, researchers at Vanguard Communications analyzed 3,617 physician reviews on rating websites and found patients were four times more likely to complain about three key factors.
Investing time and effort in developing social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, can help a medical practice market directly to current and prospective patients as well as engage them, according to a PracticeBuilders resource.
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In a Physicians Practice report, Susanne Madden, founder and CEO of The Verden Group, a consulting and business intelligence firm, discusses the confusion surrounding the new healthcare exchange plans and lay out steps that physicians can take to navigate participation…
The average wait time for scheduling physician appointments is highest for dermatology, according to "Physician Appointment Wait Times and Medicaid and Medicare Acceptance Rates: 2014 Survey," released by Merritt Hawkins, a national physician search and consulting firm.
On Feb. 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services re-opened the bundled payment program for new applicants over a 60-day window.
There have been several updates for medical liability reform at the state level which will have a positive impact on physicians going forward, according to an American Medical News report.
New York had the highest number of female medical school graduates in the country in 2011, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.